| Title | Heavy metal pollution and potential ecological risks in rivers: A case study from Southern Italy |
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| Publication Type | Articolo su Rivista peer-reviewed |
| Year of Publication | 2014 |
| Authors | Protano, C., Zinnà L., Giampaoli S., Spica V.R., Chiavarini Salvatore, and Vitali M. |
| Journal | Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology |
| Volume | 92 |
| Pagination | 75-80 |
| ISSN | 00074861 |
| Keywords | Accumulation factors, article, Chemical, chemistry, Ecological risk assessment, Environmental monitoring, Geologic Sediments, Heavy, heavy metal, Heavy metal contamination, Heavy metal pollution, Italy, Lead, Metals, Oligochaeta (Metazoa), Oligochaetes, Potential ecological risk, Risk assessment, River, River water quality, Rivers, sediment, Sediment accumulation, Sediments, statistics, water pollutant, Water Pollutants, Water pollution, Water quality |
| Abstract | We monitored heavy metal (As, Cd, Hg, and Pb) concentrations in surface water, sediments, and oligochaetes in four major rivers in Calabria (southern Italy) over the course of 1 year. As, Cd, and Pb showed accumulation factors of 103-105 for water to sediment and 1-10 for sediment to oligochaetes. Hg showed a water to sediment accumulation factor of 10-100. Finally, Hg concentrations exceeded the Italian quality standard for freshwater in all of the rivers, and As concentrations in sediments exceeded the respective Canadian standard. However, the application of an ecological risk assessment method indicated low risks for all monitored rivers. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media New York. |
| Notes | cited By 16 |
| URL | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84891830328&doi=10.1007%2fs00128-013-1150-0&partnerID=40&md5=074f9f3a30178fda196bd0af8cb5d912 |
| DOI | 10.1007/s00128-013-1150-0 |
| Citation Key | Protano201475 |
